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Protesters chant anti-Japan slogan outside the Japanese Embassy in Beijing, China Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010.
Friday, Dec. 17, 2010

Open quoteThe panda is growling, if you will, and I think that is making Japan very uneasy and looking for ways to strengthen the presence in the South.Close quote

  • PETER M. BECK,
  • Korea watcher and Council on Foreign Relations–Hitachi research fellow at Keio University in Tokyo, explaining Japan's new defense strategy in terms of the rising tensions between the Koreas and the growth of China
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